Improved carriage-curtatef button



N. F MATHEWSON. I Carriage-Curtain Fastening.

Patented Jan. '19, 1869,-

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NATHAN F. MATHEWSON, OF BARRINGTON, RHODE ISLAND.

Letters Patent No. 85,946, dated Janna/r31 ,19, 1869.

IMPROVED CARRIAGE-CURTAIN BUTTON,

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Fatent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it mwy concern:

Be itknown that 1, NATHAN F. MAIIIEWSON, of'Barrington, in the county ofBristol, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and improvedCarriage- Button, and I do hereby declare that the followingspecification, taken in connection with the drawings making a part ofthe same, is a full, clear, and exact; description thereof.

Figure 1 shows the simple form of carriage-button now in use. i i I jFigure 2 is a view of my improved button.

. Figures 3 and 4 are views of the same.

Itis well understood that the enamelled cloth with which carriages areusuallypovered, when subjected to the rays of the sun, and to theatmosphere, for any length of time, shrinks and becomes dry 'and hard,so that the buttoning and unbuttouing of the same is not only a matterof great difficulty and prplexity, but frequently results in the rendingof the cloth, thereby detracting much from the appearance of thecarriage, as well as rendering anew covering, or the repairing of theold one, often and absolutely necessary.

To overcome these defects is the object of my invention, which I willnow proceed to describe.

I make use of a shank, A, constructed with a pin or screw and shoulderat one end, (as in the ordinary carriage-button represented in fig. 1,)and having a button, B, hinged to the other end, as shown in fig. 2.

Commencing with the parts in the position shown in fig. 2, when it isdesired to button or unbutton the cloth, the button B may be turned uponits hinge, the tongue being rounded at one corner, so as to occupy theposition shown in figs. 3 and 4.

The shank A being out out at the point C, receives the end oi thebutton, so that both shank and button are of no greater thickness thanan ordinary shank. While in this position, the cloth may he slipped overthe button with ease, and without tearing or enlarging the button-hole,and the button B turned back to its proper position, shownin fig. 2.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination of the shalnk A and. button B, the whole constructed andarranged substantially as and for the purposes specified.

NATHAN F. MATHEWSON.

Witnesses:

W. B. VINCENT, G. B. BARROWS.

